ZIP 60096 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Lake County, Illinois's ZIP 60096 registers 26/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (59/100), construction/permit lag (53/100), institutional ownership (20/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (87/100). The latent-versus-live split is 59/100 structural and 2/100 already moving.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.4% year on year, and 21% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The ZIP holds roughly 2,968 housing units. A median home runs $249,100 here, or 2.5 times local income. Roughly 7.3% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. The vacancy rate is 4.5%. About 22% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 86% owner-occupied to 14% rented. Around 52% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 60096 scores 27/100. Households earn a median $94,115 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 6,626 people live here, median age 52.

Net-net, 60096 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.